Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 387 · 40 questions

Communication tip (One voice at a time): Polite turn-taking: waiting for a pause, raising your hand, saying “Sorry, go on”, letting all speak once, keeping your turn short. Interrupting: talking over someone, finishing their sentence, shouting the answer, cutting in with a joke, hogging the whole talk. Polite way in: “Can I say something when you finish?” Fair talking time: share equally = minutes ÷ children (24 minutes, 4 children → 6 minutes each); time left = total − time used.

1. 1.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Vihaan for 3 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
5. 5.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
15. 15.🗣️ In a 6-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
27. 27.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.🗣️ In a 6-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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